I recently had a routine query on an order with Bilt Hamber. I was actually able to ring them up and speak to a very helpful person who efficiently dealt with it. No call screening, no waiting, no attitude. To me that speaks volumes.
Likewise, yet to take the plunge on products, got their clay bar ready to go, but after my meguiars and auto gym is done with, I'll definitely be going for their apc as well as some other bits to test the water👍🏼
What I love about BH is the simplicity in their product line.. often only one or two things for each aspect of a car detail and often the best in class 👍
I work in forestry on the west coast of Scotland and rely heavily on my quad bike to get to some seriously inaccessible places. As a consequence the atv gets covered in dirt much of which is peat based. Being acidic and when dry it is virtually impossible to remove even with a pressure washer. After washing the car one day I decided to give the quad a quick squirt of BH snow foam, unbelievably after a few minutes the peat started to slide off the plastics. A quick blast with the pressure washer brought it up like new. Fantastic stuff which I now use weekly.
The other £ saving with BH clay (apart from the fact that you get loads of it for your money) is that they advise to use water as the lubricant rather than a detailing spray, saving even more on the decon stage.
The auto wheel is a great product. His comments about getting on the discs hits home. I cut it to a 50/50 ratio with water and it still get the job done. I have finally found someone in the states that stocks it so no more shipping charges from the U.K.
Been extremely impressed by all the products i've used by them - auto foam, auto wash, double speed wax, surfex and the medium level clay bar. the only thing i can say is the wax is pretty hard to buff off! But now 5 months later after 1 good layer my car still beads up like i've just applied it. Love using Bilt Hamber
I learned about BH from you Jon and I love Surfex HD. It's my prewash product diluted at 7%. I wash my car at least once a week and after rinsing Surfex off with a power washer, I just do a rinseless wash with a dilution of Sonax BSD and Megs Last Touch,. Other than that, 2 or 3 towels and a bucket of water, that's all I need. The car hasn't needed a shampoo wash in a year. Fusso Coat is my base sealant which helps make this quick and convenient wash process so effective and creates virtually no swrils or marring when done properly.
@@SparkleanAutos Really? Where would you suggest? I buy all the AutoGlym stuff I use at halfords, Auto Finesse too. I find they have the best prices for the things I use that aren't BH.
I absolutely love Bilt Hamber products. Started my own detailing business just shy of a year ago and Bilt Hamber products were instrumental in making my business a success. Market leading products at very reasonable prices. Great video Jon. 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻👍🏻
We finally have a distributor over here in the states for BH. I'm really excited to give them a try, specifically the Surfex HD and clay. After watching John praise them for the past few years, I had almost gotten to the point where I was willing to pay shipping from the UK to try them.
I believe that's the place. I've never ordered from them before, but I haven't heard anything bad. Most of my supplies come from Detailed Image and Autogeek. The majority come from a local place that builds/maintains automatic car washes. They have a small warehouse that has the full Carpro, Optimum, Griot's, 3d, and Maguires Pro lines, as well as Lake Country and Buff & Shine pads. Prices are ridiculously low, like a gallon of ONR for $28. It's great for a small business like mine.
@@Pantfoot Thanks for the info. I checked out The Clean Garage which was a nice site. Prices were okay and you could use PayPal, so I finally have some Bilt Hamber coming my way :)
love your honesty i can tell you are you there for us novices and ive got to say you explain things that make sense pls keep making videos they are so easy to understand ive recently gone over to using bilt hammer products ive not only saved money ive also noticed how much better it is to look after my car thank you
They've got rid of that wide-necked bottle they've been using for the auto-wash which you complained about in your shampoo group test. Now they've using a bottle with a flip-up nozzle which is a big improvement.
Jon. I cannot help saying to myself "My God, how right you are". Couldn't agree more with your superb analysis. Im just a lay person and have been using BH stuff for 3 or 4 years. Their products could be summed up in a single word "quality " and of course something that is well worth the money spent on it. Its not an accident that Bilt Hamber are quality products,its the result of intelligent effort. They just gave you unexpected, disarming honesty. Quite simply, Head, shoulders and feather cap above the competition. Im not kidding you here. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.!
Love that you touched on the concentrations. Not only are you not paying for water, but it reduces wasted storage space as well for those of us with smaller work spaces. Just wish there were more suppliers in the US 😭. I've ordered some stuff through ebay and other methods with high shipping costs because I really like a couple of their products.
I have every product you have on your bench plus Finis wax. Been using Bilt Hamber for 12 years or so and they never let you down. I like the way BH don’t make a fuss about their stuff and let word of mouth do the talking. Love their new branding and see their in the USA now too so good luck to them👍
Amazing brand, started with the double speed and expanded on your recommendations, surfex HD and auto foam 🙌 the power and price are the best, like you say they have some gaps but just fill them with the best of another brand like Koch and Carpro. Keep up the good work!
I’ve realized this about the super heavy foamy car shampoos - they look cool, are fun to use, and kinda make us feel good about the fact that they’re doing a great job. However what I realized is, that anything besides a very thin layer that’s actually in contact with your vehicle, the rest isn’t doing anything other than looking good. If anything a lot of the time if you do a time lapse between the shaving cream like foam shampoos vs the more watery appearing ones, the shaving cream ones don’t dwell nearly as long and roll off much quicker - I think the fact that it’s so heavy and dense doesn’t allow it to dwell on the paintwork, and the weight sorta drags itself down. Don’t get me wrong I love the thick stuff too, and some are definitely much better than others at cleaning, etc.
Hi John, Another great video mate. I was wondering if you could do an in-depth video for us noobs/beginners using the Bilt Hamber products & show us how to dilute the products to what ratio & give us a step by step guide on how best to use the products? You've probably done many videos in the past on it but doing a dedicated video for the amateurs amongst us would be much appreciated. Keep up the great work, we all appreciate your dedication. Thanks.
Yo fred I have covered this mate. Put in Bilt Hamber Brand Review into you tube. that will cover a lot of this. But also put in "how to calculate bilt hamber PIR" I can definetly do some more videos on this though. just working on a lot for the next ocuple of weeks.
@@ForensicDetailing - Hey John, thanks for that. I’ll definitely have a look at those videos. If you can do some more videos relating to this topic it would be very helpful & appreciative. 👍👌
Thanks again for another BH overview John. Very happy we're finally starting to see it in the US. What are your thoughts on their product safety sheets? In the US, we use NFPA Health Hazard ratings that go on a scale from 0-4, with 0 being the safest and 4 being the most hazardous. The current APC I use from Meguiar's has an NFPA rating of 3, which is far more hazardous than I'd like. I'm hoping either Meg's comes out with something a little safer or BH products get your nod of approval
Megs I think uses both sodium hydroxide and another hydroxide, megs APC is good though and you can get for good value in the USA. I could be wrong check that ingredients thing. Surfex is pure surfactant based and biodegrade-able. It should get a very good safety rating I hope. Test any other water based degreaser against surfex at 10:1 at breaking down grease and surfex will win.
Bought Surfex HD on your recommendation and wasn't disappointed. Cleaned out my shower with 10% and got it sparkling, was blown away cause I'd tried all the usual stuff. The grout is bright white. Just spray it on, leave it then scrub and rinse
Their rust treatment products are excellent too. Edit: Just wanted to big up the Cleaner Polish as well - you undersold it. It's like a better Autoglym Super Resin Polish without any of the drawbacks like chalkiness.
Hi Jon. Great vid and totally agree. One thing to add is that their customer service is also out of this world. By far the best I've come across in almost any walk of life. Peter Hamber is a proper gent!
Just wanted to send a BIG THANKYOU for this and your other videos. I bought and used surfex hd and korrosol on wheels and touchless on paintwork - car is gleaming even without contact wash :)
BH is finally here in the states and today I got my first BH product, the snow foam. I have heard your high praise and this weekend I'm using it. Thanks
@@trainsoffinland651 As they say over the pond: Tru dat. I have the same experience. I didn't see any leak though, but somehow the smell gets out and it is very distinct. But it works like hell ;) So far the best iron fallout remover I used.
@@OCDaddyZsolt i know right😂 but i store all of my chemicals in my wardrobe, so my room basically smells like🤮. So its a pretty friggin big deal so im not going to buy korrosol again no matter how good it is😔☹️
@@OCDaddyZsolt i taped around the cap with tape like 20 times and put it in a plastic bag and still the smell came through. And before that i cleaned the threads on the bottle and the cap
I'm new to detailing and watched your previous Bilt Hamber run down, I'm become a bit of Bilt Hamber Evangelist!! I'm now the happy owner of a car that people genuinely look at and seem to be rather impressed.
Bilt Hamber Auto Foam is awesome! Seems to be one of the few snow foams out there that take a scientific approach to pre-washing! There’s a fairly new channel popped up recently ‘V-Project UK’ which features it in their PIR video ... defo worth a watch ... not too convinced by Bilt Hamber Fine clay though ... it has a very brittle consistency - but advantage is that you can use it with water as a lube
Awesome video Jon 👍 The last few years I've been going over from a bulk supplier to more named products and although still using some products like Tar & Glue remover I have gone over to a mix of BH and Angelwax with Carpro PERL chucked in for good measure. If you're in the trade Autowheel is a must for wheels that don't get looked after. Sometimes I have to hit real bad ones with an acid based wheel cleaner but not often. As you were saying it I was thinking BH need to do a T&G. Surfex HD has got to be the best product ever because of it's versatility, and I've never known anything like it for removing greenery. 👍
hi John, only problem with built hamber products is that they are not in snazie bottles, but they do what they say , love them and thanks for introduicing them to me
Great video as always. You are right, Bilt Hamber have some amazing products. When I last bought something I even bought a couple of their microfibre Terry cloths for buffing off wax and using with their QD. They were lovely and soft too and were a 70/30 blend. Goes to show whatever they do, they do it well.
How come you've never had any autobrite direct products on your channel I love bilt hamber but autobrite direct have a huge amount of car cleaning /detailing products I'm surprised you have never put their products to the test/review Keep up the good work john👍
Magifoam, Hellshine Reaper Towels, Cherry Glaze, have been on the channel in the shoot outs, other products to I think. I thought magifoam was a very good prewash it came second in my test. This brand do lots of good things and have lots of happy customers, fair play to them they will do well. But I dont typically do the discount brands, even when you apply the discounts they dont get close to BH prices (which are never discounted), and I dont typically like fruit theme'd products like banana shampoo or the snow foam loaded with red dye and called devils blood etc.. sorry like I say once you push past 40 your mindset is different. Ill try and get more of it on going forward I listen to feedback like this, what I prefer isnt always what needs to go on the channel. People also want AF, and EZ car care products I try and get these on as well.
I agree with you definitely bilt hamber are extremely well developed and just as good a product I use the hd and snow foam myself every day I find the foam doesn't foam up as much as some of the others to which helps me not have a huge puddle of foam come the end of the clean lol Cheers for the reply 👍
Thanks to you Jon I have tried a lot of Bilt Hamber products and have recommended them to my friends and colleagues. Surfex, Snowfoam, fallout remover and clay bar were all excellent. I just couldn't get on with the autowash, perhaps I got a dodgy bottle of it. Ended up going with Autoglym UHD shampoo and the autowash was relegated to wheel shampoo. Your channel is fantastic and keep up the great reviews 👍
Couldn't agree more, fantastic products and you've barely scratched the surface. Their rust prevention and associated treatments (Hydrate 80, Dynax, etc.) are superb.
Fantastic products. I started using their rust converter + treatment products when resorting my E36. Everyone was amazed at how effective they were. Their any rust primer is just incredible. Cavity waxes & underbody protection is second to none. As with all of their products a little goes a long way. I like to mix surfex & auto foam in my foam lance. It's incredible at removing winter road film
So excited to try BH. I live in the United States and have never heard of them until just recently once I started watching your videos! Just ordered their finis-wax and I may even order there double speed wax as well. Very excited
BH has some amazing stuff, surfexHD, dynasty range, clambers and atom Mac. I all use them o my 20 year old Impreza with goo results ! Anything to keep rust away or at least slowed down is a good thing.....
thanks for your great videos on this product (i will be buying some now😀). I watched the previous one in which you went into great detail explaining what each of the products do and giving your opinion based on what exactly you look for and essentially coming up with a 'does what it says' result, rather than it being gimmicky marketing that some other products do. 👍
Hi, can you dilute korrosol or even auto wheel, will be used for wheel cleaner mainly, along with agitating Would it be okay to use and still strong? For example If i was to wash the car every 1-2 weeks and not drive alot so wouldn’t build brake dust etc Thanks
I'm planning to order some of the bilt hamber products after watching your review, just quick question about auto wheel and korrosol , are they concentrate? Need do be diluted ? Or they pre-diluted and ready to used ?
Thank you for always providing the core analyses. These are very helpful. Btw, It is a pity that the culture of detailing is poor in Japan and it is difficult to obtain products from many of the world's mainstream manufacturers. But your always-enjoying passion gives me a good inspiration. I"m going to keep supporting you. With much respect from🇯🇵
Washing the car as normal should remove it. If not I would probably use their Surfex diluted at 1:10. If this fails, a tar remover should do the trick.
Other than Auto Wash & Double Speed Wax, every other product I've used from BH has been fantastic. As you know Jon I'm a massive fan of Surfex, Auto Foam, Korrosol & Cleanser Polish. I don't clay bar much now but always keep some of the BH soft clay about for the alloys. Atom Mac is the same, very niche product but wouldn't be without it as it's great for brake discs. Also worth noting it makes a good maintenance wheel cleaner, it has surfactants in it which BH really should advertise more. I need to try Auto QD at some point, just have so many others to use up first, I'm sure you know the feeling 😉🤣
Bilt Hamber offer the best performance AND value by far, Auto-Foam, Surfex HD and Double Speed Wax are unbeatable (as are BH Clay etc etc etc lol) But Angelwax and Bouncers are my other two staple suppliers. Lots of other brands making great products deserving our support too! 🙂
Great products, I always end up coming back to them when try other things out. No tar n glue remover is my only gripe really, be nice to see them add one to range.
Love this brand review. Koch Chemie have the best abrasive range I think, F6 is the most ideal for me. Surfex HD is an amazing cleaner, and the Auto QD works brilliant at 10:1. Auto QD smells like strawberry Opal Fruits I find, very nice. The Finis-wax is worth the extra, as it's very glossy and slick but needs leaving for 5 minutes before buffing. Hydro-wax is the same. Bilt Hamber Laboratories have switched from metal to plastic for their Auto QD bottle and new larger Auto Wash bottles recently with the new branding. When ordering any waxes or waterless Bilt Hamber Laboratories products, they always come supplied with their own microfibres, applicators, bottle heads, all absolutely free, which is a very nice touch. I can't fault the brand.
It’s worth noting Bilt Hamber also has amazing customer service! I had my first order from them turn up damaged due to the currier, not BH fault at all, yet they sent me a new tin of there product free of charge straight away. I was very impressed with the Epoxy Mastic product which I bought too. Didn’t even know they did car cleaning products, I’ll defo be putting in an order soon now that I know haha
I'm a convert to Bilt Hamber products after using Waxoyl for years and still getting corrosion, the Bilt Hamber stops it dead in its tracks. So far I've used, Surfex HD, Dynax S50, Dynax UB, epoxy mastic, Deox C, Deox Gel and Hydrate 80. All are EXCELLENT products.
surfex HD is fantastic, and bought simply on your recommendations from before. Cleans alloys, wheel arch’s, door shuts, sill lines. Cleans my wheels so well, if I do choose to use a fall out remover after, get very little ‘bleeding’ where it’s cleaned so much contamination off already.
Jon have you used BH pre wash in a pump sprayer, whats your thoughts and advice if i dont feel like getting the pressure washer out? I just got a ik foamer 12 pro testing her out.
after watching your videos John, have bought Bilt Hamber, the surfex APC is brilliant, and their wheel cleaner, also use the car shampoo. Will get the QD shortly. Great videos.
Hi Jon, thanks for another great video. I have only used the Bilt Hamber Laboratories products since watching your channel. I have used surfex, auto foam and double speed wax. They are all great and will buy again. I also found their blue microfiber cloths to be amazing. Thanks for the honest reviews to help us noobs 🤣
Great message here Jon is that you need to be prudent when purchasing detailing products in that one should always try and buy the concentrate versions where ever possible and dilute yourself. Paying big money for water is ludicrous and there are far too many naive people who don't realise this. A great example is the ONR rinseless wash. A 1 gallon bottle would last a hobbyist years and years.
Like many others, never really heard of BH until recently (ie here). Then you see Autoexpress keep giving them great reviews! Only used wax, clay bar, and wheel cleaner. I'm happy with the stuff
Yep. BH are one of two brand leaders in my opinion, the other being Koch Chemie. Garage Therapy are coming up fast though to challenge them. As you said, it’s great we have the competition in the detailing world.
Simon, totally agree with your comment. I'm using all of these too. GT are very nice, Koch is great for volume at low cost but quality items, and BH are just leading the way.
I'm 100% in agreement with you! Koch Chemie's cutting compounds are fantastic, and BH for the cleaning/protection. And after the hype with Garage Therapy over the past few months, I bought the One/Wheel Shampoo... I must say it's very impressive - if their other products are as good they might be joining BH on my shelves!
I first started becoming a BH fanboy with Auto Foam and then every time I've run out of a different product I've switched over to their range. I don't know if its always been the case but I got some Korrosol recently in the newer packaging/spray bottle and I feel like it has a strong smell of bubblegum or something, I was genuinely surprised considering fallout removers usually stink. Also yeah would love a tar remover from them, you just know it would work a treat.
Just a note on the Korrosol, if you buy it in 5L jogs then the price per treatment gets a little bit more manageable and you can use your stylish hipster spray bottles if you like :-)
Hello, got a question, have CLA45s it has piano black exterior (aero pack) and interior(Dashboard). Can I ceramic coat these with Cquartz uk 3.0 + Gliss like the paint?? Or should I treat them as glass??(Flybyforte). Thanks.
remember protection products are there to stop environmental contamination sticking to the car and to make the care easier to dry. Do you need to protect interior components (from anything other than friction wear). If you want to you would be better popping the trim out and putting PPF on it. I can tell you from experience putting coatings on gloss black trim wont stop them swirling up. With regards to using CQUK+gliss (yes you can use on gloss trim, use this or DLUX not the glass coating), please though, you MUST contact carpro about questions regarding Carpro products. They get payed to support their products I dont (sorry bug bear thing with doing YT)
I currently use Auto Qd at 2:1 as a detailing spray and it gives good gloss for me and tops up my DSW. Would using it at 10:1 as a drying aid in addition to using as a QD be too much and cause unnecessary layering? Brilliant video by the way as always. Amazing work 👍
Just ordered some more double speed wax a couple of nights ago. We have a hose ban here just now - I double waxed three cars with double speed wax, ahead of the ban. Ban might be relaxed in December, but likely no water blasters.
I just found that a supplier in the US has limited supplies of Bilt Hamber products. I just ordered 5 liters of the Auto Foam. It’s still probably double what you pay in the UK but I think it will be worth it since it’s so dilutable.
There are far too many products in every aspect of our lives. I remember back in the day if I wanted to buy a TV for example, I went to the shop and had to decide between 2 - 3 manufacturers, 2 - 3 sizes and black & white or colour. Now I spend hours and hours of my life searching, watching RUclips, reading reviews, asking on social media etc etc. It really does blow my mind and now I need to find detailing products, I've dived in to the ocean of options and am hyperventilating at the shear number of products. I think I just want an APC so will go for the Surfex.
the detailing scene will literally drive you mad because theres about 1000-5000 brands in the UK and a new brand starts every day almost. One of the very cool things about BH is the range is really condense and you need a lot less chemicals than you think. 2-3 wash products, 2-3 decon products, an abrasive polish glaze to buff up the paint and a wax. beyond this a nice rubber and plastic dressing and you are kind of done. but if you get addicted to detailing you can end up with a garage full of products you only ever use once.
@@ForensicDetailing Thanks to your video, I have now purchased the surfex HD. You have saved me days of searching and probably the cost of anxiety medication. Lol.
Jeremy Hunt blunders :) ruclips.net/video/pr2rZPc7-M8/видео.html
I recently had a routine query on an order with Bilt Hamber. I was actually able to ring them up and speak to a very helpful person who efficiently dealt with it. No call screening, no waiting, no attitude. To me that speaks volumes.
I love that there is no bs with Bilt Hamber, no fancy buzzwords etc just excellent products that do what they are supposed to do
I started using BH purely from watching your channel! Love all the ones I’ve tried so far 👌🏼
Discovered BH through this excellent channel; loving their products can’t believe I’d never heard of them before.
Likewise, yet to take the plunge on products, got their clay bar ready to go, but after my meguiars and auto gym is done with, I'll definitely be going for their apc as well as some other bits to test the water👍🏼
What I love about BH is the simplicity in their product line.. often only one or two things for each aspect of a car detail and often the best in class 👍
I work in forestry on the west coast of Scotland and rely heavily on my quad bike to get to some seriously inaccessible places. As a consequence the atv gets covered in dirt much of which is peat based. Being acidic and when dry it is virtually impossible to remove even with a pressure washer.
After washing the car one day I decided to give the quad a quick squirt of BH snow foam, unbelievably after a few minutes the peat started to slide off the plastics. A quick blast with the pressure washer brought it up like new. Fantastic stuff which I now use weekly.
you mean autofoam ? yeah works amazing on dirt
Try the surfex hd too as a pre wash that is awesome too
The other £ saving with BH clay (apart from the fact that you get loads of it for your money) is that they advise to use water as the lubricant rather than a detailing spray, saving even more on the decon stage.
I always use onr as a lub
The auto wheel is a great product. His comments about getting on the discs hits home. I cut it to a 50/50 ratio with water and it still get the job done. I have finally found someone in the states that stocks it so no more shipping charges from the U.K.
Who has it?
That There 6ix, Google The Clean Garage and they’re in Pennsylvania.
Been extremely impressed by all the products i've used by them - auto foam, auto wash, double speed wax, surfex and the medium level clay bar. the only thing i can say is the wax is pretty hard to buff off! But now 5 months later after 1 good layer my car still beads up like i've just applied it. Love using Bilt Hamber
Autofoam is 🔥🔥
I learned about BH from you Jon and I love Surfex HD. It's my prewash product diluted at 7%. I wash my car at least once a week and after rinsing Surfex off with a power washer, I just do a rinseless wash with a dilution of Sonax BSD and Megs Last Touch,. Other than that, 2 or 3 towels and a bucket of water, that's all I need. The car hasn't needed a shampoo wash in a year. Fusso Coat is my base sealant which helps make this quick and convenient wash process so effective and creates virtually no swrils or marring when done properly.
If they got into Halfords they would become the largest detailing brand in the UK easily. They make products that work without fleecing your pocket.
As soon as halfords come into the equation then that's when the fleecing starts and rip off and drive up the prices
At one time way back you could buy bilt hamber on line from Halfords but not from the shop itself.....
If you want decent, value-for-money, products then don't shop in Halfords!
@@SparkleanAutos Really? Where would you suggest? I buy all the AutoGlym stuff I use at halfords, Auto Finesse too. I find they have the best prices for the things I use that aren't BH.
@@DasArab if that's what you find then good for you 👍🏼
2:00 "...THREE sections - washing, decontaminating, polishing and protecting" 😂
haha yer, my own dumbness made me chuckle here as well.
@@ForensicDetailing I certainly don't think you're dumb. I just thought it was funny.
I absolutely love Bilt Hamber products. Started my own detailing business just shy of a year ago and Bilt Hamber products were instrumental in making my business a success. Market leading products at very reasonable prices. Great video Jon. 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻👍🏻
We finally have a distributor over here in the states for BH. I'm really excited to give them a try, specifically the Surfex HD and clay. After watching John praise them for the past few years, I had almost gotten to the point where I was willing to pay shipping from the UK to try them.
Is that "The Clean Garage"? How are they? I don't know anything about them.
I believe that's the place. I've never ordered from them before, but I haven't heard anything bad. Most of my supplies come from Detailed Image and Autogeek. The majority come from a local place that builds/maintains automatic car washes. They have a small warehouse that has the full Carpro, Optimum, Griot's, 3d, and Maguires Pro lines, as well as Lake Country and Buff & Shine pads. Prices are ridiculously low, like a gallon of ONR for $28. It's great for a small business like mine.
@@Pantfoot Thanks for the info. I checked out The Clean Garage which was a nice site. Prices were okay and you could use PayPal, so I finally have some Bilt Hamber coming my way :)
It’s 1am. You’re making me want to go wash my car 😅 hasn’t been washed in about 5 weeks now 😒 life gets in the way ☹️
i,ve used a few Bilt Hamber products and i have been nothing but absolutely impressed by them
love your honesty i can tell you are you there for us novices and ive got to say you explain things that make sense pls keep making videos they are so easy to understand ive recently gone over to using bilt hammer products ive not only saved money ive also noticed how much better it is to look after my car thank you
They've got rid of that wide-necked bottle they've been using for the auto-wash which you complained about in your shampoo group test. Now they've using a bottle with a flip-up nozzle which is a big improvement.
Jon. I cannot help saying to myself "My God, how right you are". Couldn't agree more with your superb analysis. Im just a lay person and have been using BH stuff for 3 or 4 years. Their products could be summed up in a single word "quality " and of course something that is well worth the money spent on it.
Its not an accident that Bilt Hamber are quality products,its the result of intelligent effort. They just gave you unexpected, disarming honesty. Quite simply, Head, shoulders and feather cap above the competition. Im not kidding you here. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.!
From Chicago, GREAT VIDEO. We are finally able to get Bilt Hamber here in the US and for winter cleaning this stuff has promise. Love the channel.
thank you PDJ, love chicago :) I want to come and see chicago one day
Started using them some time ago after watching your channel and ABSOLUTELY love their products!
Love that you touched on the concentrations. Not only are you not paying for water, but it reduces wasted storage space as well for those of us with smaller work spaces.
Just wish there were more suppliers in the US 😭. I've ordered some stuff through ebay and other methods with high shipping costs because I really like a couple of their products.
I have every product you have on your bench plus Finis wax. Been using Bilt Hamber for 12 years or so and they never let you down. I like the way BH don’t make a fuss about their stuff and let word of mouth do the talking. Love their new branding and see their in the USA now too so good luck to them👍
The force is strong in this one!
Amazing brand, started with the double speed and expanded on your recommendations, surfex HD and auto foam 🙌 the power and price are the best, like you say they have some gaps but just fill them with the best of another brand like Koch and Carpro. Keep up the good work!
I’ve realized this about the super heavy foamy car shampoos - they look cool, are fun to use, and kinda make us feel good about the fact that they’re doing a great job. However what I realized is, that anything besides a very thin layer that’s actually in contact with your vehicle, the rest isn’t doing anything other than looking good. If anything a lot of the time if you do a time lapse between the shaving cream like foam shampoos vs the more watery appearing ones, the shaving cream ones don’t dwell nearly as long and roll off much quicker - I think the fact that it’s so heavy and dense doesn’t allow it to dwell on the paintwork, and the weight sorta drags itself down. Don’t get me wrong I love the thick stuff too, and some are definitely much better than others at cleaning, etc.
Hi John,
Another great video mate. I was wondering if you could do an in-depth video for us noobs/beginners using the Bilt Hamber products & show us how to dilute the products to what ratio & give us a step by step guide on how best to use the products? You've probably done many videos in the past on it but doing a dedicated video for the amateurs amongst us would be much appreciated. Keep up the great work, we all appreciate your dedication. Thanks.
Yo fred I have covered this mate. Put in Bilt Hamber Brand Review into you tube. that will cover a lot of this. But also put in "how to calculate bilt hamber PIR" I can definetly do some more videos on this though. just working on a lot for the next ocuple of weeks.
@@ForensicDetailing - Hey John, thanks for that. I’ll definitely have a look at those videos. If you can do some more videos relating to this topic it would be very helpful & appreciative. 👍👌
Hello Jon can korrosol be diluted. Can you or anyone else answer this please.
Thank you
My 25L of Af and also Surfex arrived this week. Superb products. Well done Bilt Hamber. Thanks for the video John. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks again for another BH overview John. Very happy we're finally starting to see it in the US. What are your thoughts on their product safety sheets? In the US, we use NFPA Health Hazard ratings that go on a scale from 0-4, with 0 being the safest and 4 being the most hazardous. The current APC I use from Meguiar's has an NFPA rating of 3, which is far more hazardous than I'd like. I'm hoping either Meg's comes out with something a little safer or BH products get your nod of approval
Megs I think uses both sodium hydroxide and another hydroxide, megs APC is good though and you can get for good value in the USA. I could be wrong check that ingredients thing. Surfex is pure surfactant based and biodegrade-able. It should get a very good safety rating I hope. Test any other water based degreaser against surfex at 10:1 at breaking down grease and surfex will win.
Bought Surfex HD on your recommendation and wasn't disappointed. Cleaned out my shower with 10% and got it sparkling, was blown away cause I'd tried all the usual stuff. The grout is bright white. Just spray it on, leave it then scrub and rinse
Their rust treatment products are excellent too.
Edit: Just wanted to big up the Cleaner Polish as well - you undersold it. It's like a better Autoglym Super Resin Polish without any of the drawbacks like chalkiness.
Hi Jon. Great vid and totally agree. One thing to add is that their customer service is also out of this world. By far the best I've come across in almost any walk of life. Peter Hamber is a proper gent!
Just wanted to send a BIG THANKYOU for this and your other videos. I bought and used surfex hd and korrosol on wheels and touchless on paintwork - car is gleaming even without contact wash :)
Great to hear!
BH is finally here in the states and today I got my first BH product, the snow foam. I have heard your high praise and this weekend I'm using it. Thanks
I recently tried their clay bars and they were excellent compared to previous make.
Korosol and Surfex are my number 1 choice.
I love the BH products, especially their clay bar, the Korrosol and the Auto-wheel, but everything else is cool from BH.
Idk if its just me or does the korrosol leak or something. Where-ever i put the bottle, the room or garage starts to smell like korrosol 🤮
@@trainsoffinland651 As they say over the pond: Tru dat. I have the same experience. I didn't see any leak though, but somehow the smell gets out and it is very distinct. But it works like hell ;) So far the best iron fallout remover I used.
@@OCDaddyZsolt i know right😂 but i store all of my chemicals in my wardrobe, so my room basically smells like🤮. So its a pretty friggin big deal so im not going to buy korrosol again no matter how good it is😔☹️
@@trainsoffinland651 Try to put it maybe in a zip lock bag or similar.
@@OCDaddyZsolt i taped around the cap with tape like 20 times and put it in a plastic bag and still the smell came through. And before that i cleaned the threads on the bottle and the cap
Great stuff, brand and video! Any brand that puts performance over marketing and inflated prices has got to be right up there.
Great video. I've tried pretty much all the products from the cleaning/decon range and the value for money and quality is really solid.
I'm new to detailing and watched your previous Bilt Hamber run down, I'm become a bit of Bilt Hamber Evangelist!! I'm now the happy owner of a car that people genuinely look at and seem to be rather impressed.
Bilt Hamber Auto Foam is awesome! Seems to be one of the few snow foams out there that take a scientific approach to pre-washing! There’s a fairly new channel popped up recently ‘V-Project UK’ which features it in their PIR video ... defo worth a watch ... not too convinced by Bilt Hamber Fine clay though ... it has a very brittle consistency - but advantage is that you can use it with water as a lube
Awesome video Jon 👍
The last few years I've been going over from a bulk supplier to more named products and although still using some products like Tar & Glue remover I have gone over to a mix of BH and Angelwax with Carpro PERL chucked in for good measure.
If you're in the trade Autowheel is a must for wheels that don't get looked after. Sometimes I have to hit real bad ones with an acid based wheel cleaner but not often.
As you were saying it I was thinking BH need to do a T&G.
Surfex HD has got to be the best product ever because of it's versatility, and I've never known anything like it for removing greenery.
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hi John, only problem with built hamber products is that they are not in snazie bottles, but they do what they say , love them and thanks for introduicing them to me
Great video as always. You are right, Bilt Hamber have some amazing products.
When I last bought something I even bought a couple of their microfibre Terry cloths for buffing off wax and using with their QD. They were lovely and soft too and were a 70/30 blend. Goes to show whatever they do, they do it well.
How come you've never had any autobrite direct products on your channel
I love bilt hamber but autobrite direct have a huge amount of car cleaning /detailing products I'm surprised you have never put their products to the test/review
Keep up the good work john👍
Magifoam, Hellshine Reaper Towels, Cherry Glaze, have been on the channel in the shoot outs, other products to I think. I thought magifoam was a very good prewash it came second in my test. This brand do lots of good things and have lots of happy customers, fair play to them they will do well. But I dont typically do the discount brands, even when you apply the discounts they dont get close to BH prices (which are never discounted), and I dont typically like fruit theme'd products like banana shampoo or the snow foam loaded with red dye and called devils blood etc.. sorry like I say once you push past 40 your mindset is different. Ill try and get more of it on going forward I listen to feedback like this, what I prefer isnt always what needs to go on the channel. People also want AF, and EZ car care products I try and get these on as well.
I agree with you definitely bilt hamber are extremely well developed and just as good a product I use the hd and snow foam myself every day
I find the foam doesn't foam up as much as some of the others to which helps me not have a huge puddle of foam come the end of the clean lol
Cheers for the reply 👍
138 thousand subscribers!!! Congratulations John very well deserved mate hard works pays off pal
Thanks to you Jon I have tried a lot of Bilt Hamber products and have recommended them to my friends and colleagues. Surfex, Snowfoam, fallout remover and clay bar were all excellent. I just couldn't get on with the autowash, perhaps I got a dodgy bottle of it. Ended up going with Autoglym UHD shampoo and the autowash was relegated to wheel shampoo. Your channel is fantastic and keep up the great reviews 👍
Couldn't agree more, fantastic products and you've barely scratched the surface. Their rust prevention and associated treatments (Hydrate 80, Dynax, etc.) are superb.
Fantastic products. I started using their rust converter + treatment products when resorting my E36. Everyone was amazed at how effective they were. Their any rust primer is just incredible.
Cavity waxes & underbody protection is second to none. As with all of their products a little goes a long way.
I like to mix surfex & auto foam in my foam lance. It's incredible at removing winter road film
So excited to try BH. I live in the United States and have never heard of them until just recently once I started watching your videos!
Just ordered their finis-wax and I may even order there double speed wax as well. Very excited
BH has some amazing stuff, surfexHD, dynasty range, clambers and atom Mac. I all use them o my 20 year old Impreza with goo results ! Anything to keep rust away or at least slowed down is a good thing.....
thanks for your great videos on this product (i will be buying some now😀). I watched the previous one in which you went into great detail explaining what each of the products do and giving your opinion based on what exactly you look for and essentially coming up with a 'does what it says' result, rather than it being gimmicky marketing that some other products do. 👍
Hi, can you dilute korrosol or even auto wheel, will be used for wheel cleaner mainly, along with agitating
Would it be okay to use and still strong? For example If i was to wash the car every 1-2 weeks and not drive alot so wouldn’t build brake dust etc
Thanks
I'm planning to order some of the bilt hamber products after watching your review, just quick question about auto wheel and korrosol , are they concentrate? Need do be diluted ? Or they pre-diluted and ready to used ?
Thanks re this. I was always a Autoglym and Yum Cars fan but have been using the Bilt wheel cleaner and clay bar and they are fantastic. Thanks John.
Thank you for always providing the core analyses. These are very helpful.
Btw, It is a pity that the culture of detailing is poor in Japan and it is difficult to obtain products from many of the world's mainstream manufacturers.
But your always-enjoying passion gives me a good inspiration.
I"m going to keep supporting you.
With much respect from🇯🇵
Hi,
My mechanic closed my boot with oily fingers, now I have fingerprints. How do i remove without damaging the paint work? Which BH product?
Washing the car as normal should remove it. If not I would probably use their Surfex diluted at 1:10. If this fails, a tar remover should do the trick.
Other than Auto Wash & Double Speed Wax, every other product I've used from BH has been fantastic. As you know Jon I'm a massive fan of Surfex, Auto Foam, Korrosol & Cleanser Polish. I don't clay bar much now but always keep some of the BH soft clay about for the alloys. Atom Mac is the same, very niche product but wouldn't be without it as it's great for brake discs. Also worth noting it makes a good maintenance wheel cleaner, it has surfactants in it which BH really should advertise more.
I need to try Auto QD at some point, just have so many others to use up first, I'm sure you know the feeling 😉🤣
What makes for a great maintenance wheel cleaner?
Bilt Hamber offer the best performance AND value by far, Auto-Foam, Surfex HD and Double Speed Wax are unbeatable (as are BH Clay etc etc etc lol) But Angelwax and Bouncers are my other two staple suppliers. Lots of other brands making great products deserving our support too! 🙂
Great products, I always end up coming back to them when try other things out.
No tar n glue remover is my only gripe really, be nice to see them add one to range.
Love this brand review. Koch Chemie have the best abrasive range I think, F6 is the most ideal for me. Surfex HD is an amazing cleaner, and the Auto QD works brilliant at 10:1. Auto QD smells like strawberry Opal Fruits I find, very nice. The Finis-wax is worth the extra, as it's very glossy and slick but needs leaving for 5 minutes before buffing. Hydro-wax is the same. Bilt Hamber Laboratories have switched from metal to plastic for their Auto QD bottle and new larger Auto Wash bottles recently with the new branding.
When ordering any waxes or waterless Bilt Hamber Laboratories products, they always come supplied with their own microfibres, applicators, bottle heads, all absolutely free, which is a very nice touch. I can't fault the brand.
It’s worth noting Bilt Hamber also has amazing customer service! I had my first order from them turn up damaged due to the currier, not BH fault at all, yet they sent me a new tin of there product free of charge straight away. I was very impressed with the Epoxy Mastic product which I bought too. Didn’t even know they did car cleaning products, I’ll defo be putting in an order soon now that I know haha
I always use Bilt Hamber products - absolutely brilliant!
I'm a convert to Bilt Hamber products after using Waxoyl for years and still getting corrosion, the Bilt Hamber stops it dead in its tracks.
So far I've used, Surfex HD, Dynax S50, Dynax UB, epoxy mastic, Deox C, Deox Gel and Hydrate 80. All are EXCELLENT products.
they are the kings of anti-corrosion but fast becoming the kings of detail products :)
surfex HD is fantastic, and bought simply on your recommendations from before. Cleans alloys, wheel arch’s, door shuts, sill lines. Cleans my wheels so well, if I do choose to use a fall out remover after, get very little ‘bleeding’ where it’s cleaned so much contamination off already.
Jon have you used BH pre wash in a pump sprayer, whats your thoughts and advice if i dont feel like getting the pressure washer out? I just got a ik foamer 12 pro testing her out.
Yes works well like this m8
after watching your videos John, have bought Bilt Hamber, the surfex APC is brilliant, and their wheel cleaner, also use the car shampoo. Will get the QD shortly. Great videos.
Hi Jon, thanks for another great video. I have only used the Bilt Hamber Laboratories products since watching your channel. I have used surfex, auto foam and double speed wax. They are all great and will buy again. I also found their blue microfiber cloths to be amazing. Thanks for the honest reviews to help us noobs 🤣
Hey up John have you ever used Espuma products? We have them as our work fleet products. Seem good value … Just wondering on your opinion?
Bloody love Bilt Hamber, well priced and work like a dream. But same as you, wish they did a glass cleaner and external trim dressing.
The Bilt Hamber products are great products , thanks to you i found these great products !!!
I've never tried a single BH product and felt disappointed. They deserve to be much bigger than they are.
Hey Luke, totally agree mate.
Good to see a quality, value for money British brand. I’m coming from AutoGlym to BH. Can’t wait to try out the fallout remover.
if your in the USA try
clean-garage.com/bilt-hamber/
Loving the new cap look John
Can’t fault any of there products Jon and whilst I occasionally other brands generally BH are my weapon of choice and my go to product..!!
Is bilt hamber auto wash shampoo, auto foam and the new ones touch less safe on ceramic coatings ?
Great video John i a agree 100% ...we love Bilt hamber in Greece too
Great message here Jon is that you need to be prudent when purchasing detailing products in that one should always try and buy the concentrate versions where ever possible and dilute yourself.
Paying big money for water is ludicrous and there are far too many naive people who don't realise this.
A great example is the ONR rinseless wash. A 1 gallon bottle would last a hobbyist years and years.
Totally agree, Auto QD is massively underrated - and it smells good!
Like many others, never really heard of BH until recently (ie here). Then you see Autoexpress keep giving them great reviews! Only used wax, clay bar, and wheel cleaner. I'm happy with the stuff
Autowash and Autofoam are class leading products!
Yep. BH are one of two brand leaders in my opinion, the other being Koch Chemie. Garage Therapy are coming up fast though to challenge them. As you said, it’s great we have the competition in the detailing world.
Koch chemie doesn't impress me tho
Simon, totally agree with your comment. I'm using all of these too. GT are very nice, Koch is great for volume at low cost but quality items, and BH are just leading the way.
I'm 100% in agreement with you! Koch Chemie's cutting compounds are fantastic, and BH for the cleaning/protection.
And after the hype with Garage Therapy over the past few months, I bought the One/Wheel Shampoo... I must say it's very impressive - if their other products are as good they might be joining BH on my shelves!
could listen to this guy all day. no bull to the point.
BH are really good 👍wish they increased their presence in India..most often need to request friends to bring in something when they return to India
I first started becoming a BH fanboy with Auto Foam and then every time I've run out of a different product I've switched over to their range. I don't know if its always been the case but I got some Korrosol recently in the newer packaging/spray bottle and I feel like it has a strong smell of bubblegum or something, I was genuinely surprised considering fallout removers usually stink. Also yeah would love a tar remover from them, you just know it would work a treat.
Just a note on the Korrosol, if you buy it in 5L jogs then the price per treatment gets a little bit more manageable and you can use your stylish hipster spray bottles if you like :-)
Been using BH products for over a year now... I even use the surfex to de grease my bicycle drivetrain.
Awesome brand,and made in the UK too 👍👍
If you had to have one make between BH and Autoglym,which one would you have ?
Also have you used NANOLEX ?
Hello, got a question, have CLA45s it has piano black exterior (aero pack) and interior(Dashboard). Can I ceramic coat these with Cquartz uk 3.0 + Gliss like the paint?? Or should I treat them as glass??(Flybyforte). Thanks.
remember protection products are there to stop environmental contamination sticking to the car and to make the care easier to dry. Do you need to protect interior components (from anything other than friction wear). If you want to you would be better popping the trim out and putting PPF on it. I can tell you from experience putting coatings on gloss black trim wont stop them swirling up.
With regards to using CQUK+gliss (yes you can use on gloss trim, use this or DLUX not the glass coating), please though, you MUST contact carpro about questions regarding Carpro products. They get payed to support their products I dont (sorry bug bear thing with doing YT)
Jon any chance of reviews on EZ Car Care products?
Hi is it safe to wash your car with touchless Snowfarm on your car every week or every other week? Would it take off the protection?
Safe m8
I currently use Auto Qd at 2:1 as a detailing spray and it gives good gloss for me and tops up my DSW. Would using it at 10:1 as a drying aid in addition to using as a QD be too much and cause unnecessary layering?
Brilliant video by the way as always. Amazing work 👍
no will be fine mate or go 1:20 for drying aid maybe.
@@ForensicDetailing thanks for the speedy reply Jon. Really appreciated 😃
Cheers again, you and bilt hamber are my go to combinations
Only thing I don't like is the double speed wax, naviwax is much easyer to use but everything else is fantastic, great channel by the way👍
Best snow foam and auto wheel is second to none
Just ordered some more double speed wax a couple of nights ago.
We have a hose ban here just now - I double waxed three cars with double speed wax, ahead of the ban.
Ban might be relaxed in December, but likely no water blasters.
I just found that a supplier in the US has limited supplies of Bilt Hamber products. I just ordered 5 liters of the Auto Foam. It’s still probably double what you pay in the UK but I think it will be worth it since it’s so dilutable.
Would you recommend the snow foam is it better than the gtechniq snow foam apart from its half the price thanks
Very useful tips, did not know about diluting the QD, many thanks! 👍👍👍
Didn't know there shampoo was ideal for older cars! I'll definitely get that next time out!
There are far too many products in every aspect of our lives. I remember back in the day if I wanted to buy a TV for example, I went to the shop and had to decide between 2 - 3 manufacturers, 2 - 3 sizes and black & white or colour. Now I spend hours and hours of my life searching, watching RUclips, reading reviews, asking on social media etc etc. It really does blow my mind and now I need to find detailing products, I've dived in to the ocean of options and am hyperventilating at the shear number of products. I think I just want an APC so will go for the Surfex.
the detailing scene will literally drive you mad because theres about 1000-5000 brands in the UK and a new brand starts every day almost. One of the very cool things about BH is the range is really condense and you need a lot less chemicals than you think. 2-3 wash products, 2-3 decon products, an abrasive polish glaze to buff up the paint and a wax. beyond this a nice rubber and plastic dressing and you are kind of done. but if you get addicted to detailing you can end up with a garage full of products you only ever use once.
@@ForensicDetailing Thanks to your video, I have now purchased the surfex HD. You have saved me days of searching and probably the cost of anxiety medication. Lol.